Reservoir Dogs and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Gangster Genre

The two films Reservoir Dogs and Lock Stock are two gangster films that are very iconic in this genre, if you say to anyone the term gangster film you could be certain that Lock Stock and Reservoir Dogs would come up. Lock stock's opening starts like a typical gangster film, the dodge dealing in a backstreet in London, the word backstreet connotes that they do not want to be seen selling there goods. They eventually get caught and then get chased by the police and whiles this is happening there is a voice over telling us who is in the film and what they all bring to the film. In the opening scene of Reservoir Dogs, it begins in a American cafe were all of the men are eating breakfast this film has a more relaxed tone right from the begging, they are all just sitting at a table chatting whereas at the begging of Lock Stock it beggings with a chase within about a minuite of the film starting.

The Mise- en- secne of both films are very diffrent tones because Lock stock is a bit darker and shifter wereas Reservoir Dogs takes a lighter and more calmer tone. The dress sense of both films are very diffrent Lock Stock the men are all dressed diffrently in normal clothing with big coats, showing the audience they have somthing to hid but Reservoir Dogs the men are all dressed in black suits and have black sunglasses on also showing they have somthing to hid but they show the audience that they take pride in what they wear. Another thing that is very diffrent is they way they talk Lock Stock are men from London you can tell this instantly becaues they ues cockney rhyming slang and Reservoir Dogs the men are American and just useing everyday speach. The two films are very good and showing us what a life in a gangster film is all about but i have never seen the whole of Reservoir Dogs and by the opeing i dont think it really made an impact on me so if i had to choses one of theses films it would have to be Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.